Game Update Notes: February 5, 2019

[Gaile Gray.6029]

02/05/2019—February 5 Release Notes

Living World

Added a 30-second grace period to turn in oil upon the successful completion of the "Use oil reclamation pumps to clean up the spills" and "Defeat Sulypix before it drains your reclaimed oil" events.

The oil reclamation pump is no longer removed between the "Use oil reclamation pumps to clean up the spills" and "Defeat Sulypix before it drains your reclaimed oil" events.

Fixed a bug that prevented Volatile Oil Slug Sulypix's health from scaling properly.

Fixed a bug that could prevent some players from completing the Chasing Tales: Deadly Accuracy achievement.

Fixed a bug that caused the Chasing Tales: Cruelest Efficiency achievement to require 45 applications of vulnerability instead of 30.

Fixed a bug that caused the Chasing Tales: Enduring Hatred achievement to require 5 kills instead of 4.

Fixed a bug in which the Chasing Tales: Preemptive Strike achievement reward had the wrong name.

Fixed a bug in which the Chasing Tales: Elusive Skirmisher achievement reward had the wrong name.

Increased the health threshold for Chasing Tales: Like a Wounded Beast from 10% to 33%.

Updated descriptive text for the Chasing Tales: Sunslayer achievement to indicate that players must be wielding a longbow.

Added a Consume All option for Branded Masses.

Fixed a bug in which the Rockcrusher mace and Ancestral Guard shield were unsalvageable and not visible in the wardrobe.

General

Novelties: Preview has been added as an option to the right-click menu for novelties located in the player's inventory.

Items

Rune of Infiltration: Fixed a bug with the 6-piece bonus of these runes that prevented it from granting increased damage to targets below 50% health.

BLACK LION TRADING COMPANY GEM STORE

New Items and Promotions

The new Flying Boar Glider is available in the Style category of the Gem Store for 500 gems.

The new Earthshaker Mining Tool is available in the Upgrades category of the Gem Store for 1,000 gems.

For a limited time, the Firestorm Logging Tool and the Thunderstrike Harvesting Tool return to the Upgrades category of the Gem Store for 1,000 gems each.

For a limited time, the Devoted and Lovestruck weapon collections return to Black Lion Weapons Specialists for a reduced cost of 2 Black Lion Claim Tickets and 3 Black Lion Claim Tickets respectively.

Black Lion Claim Tickets are dropped from Black Lion Chests. Keys for these chests are available in the Utility category of the Gem Store for 125 gems each.

For a limited time, the Lion Mask Skin and Dragon Mask Skin are on sale in the Style category of the Gem Store.

For a limited time, the Black Lion Instant Level 80 Ticket and the Central Tyria Waypoint Unlock Package are on sale in the Upgrades category of the Gem Store.

Improvements

Novelties may now be previewed in the Gem Store.

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Late Notes: February 5, 2019

02/05/2019—Late Notes

Living World

Fixed a bug that caused the Chasing Tales: Enduring Hatred achievement progress to reset when players entered a downed state.

Fixed a bug that caused the Chasing Tales: Like a Wounded Beast achievement progress to reset when players entered a downed state.

Fixed a bug that caused the Chasing Tales: Dinner Party achievement progress to reset when players left the map or logged out.

General

Fixed a bug in which some NPCs showed a checkerboard texture in cinematics.

Fixed a bug that could cause female norn characters to face an incorrect direction when walking.

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Bug Fixes

Fixed several animation issues with the Pet Dog Whistle: Basenji item.

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Bug Fix:

• Fixed a server crash.